• Women in Music Columbus will present a concert at 3 p.m. today in Capital University's Huntington Hall, College Avenue at E. Main Street, Bexley. Included in the program will be the premiere of area composer Jerry Casey's A Swingin' Suite for Two Cellos. Donations will be accepted. Call 614-263-9965 or visit www.womeninmusiccolumbus.com.

• The Columbus Symphony will accompany a screening of the 1925 silent film The Lost World at 4 p.m. today in the Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St. The symphony, led by Peter Stafford Wilson, will be joined by organist Dennis James. Tickets cost $25 to $35. Call 614-228-8600 or visit www.columbussymphony.com.

• The Columbus International Children's Choir will present a talent show at 6 p.m. today in Capital University's Mees Hall, College Avenue at E. Main Street, Bexley. Admission is $10. Call 614-789-9392 or visit www.cmaacademy.org.

• Ohio State University School of Music faculty members will present an all-Mendelssohn concert at 8 p.m. Monday in Weigel Hall, 1866 College Rd. The program will include the Sextet in D Major and Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor. This year is the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. Tickets cost $12, or $6 for senior citizens and students. Call 614-247-7036 or visit arts.osu.edu.

• Margaret Mack and Kerri Marcinko will sing opera selections and songs at 8 p.m. Friday in Ohio State University's Weigel Hall, 1866 College Rd. Both of the New York-based sopranos are OSU alumnae. Tickets cost $12, or $6 for senior citizens and students with ID. Call 614-247-7036 or visit arts.osu.edu.

• The ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus will present an "Organ Extravaganza" at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Pontifical College Josephinum's St. Turibius Chapel, 7625 N. High St. Local organists James Hildreth, Sara Seidel, Timothy Smith, Paul Thornock and James Yeager will be guest artists. Tickets cost $30. Call 614-464-0066 or visit www.promusicacolumbus.org.

• The Columbus Symphony will present the von Trapp Children at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St. The great-grandchildren of Maria and Capt. von Trapp, made famous in the film The Sound of Music, sing classical and folk songs. Albert-George Schram will conduct. Tickets cost $18 to $64. Call 614-228-8600 or visit www.columbussymphony.com.

• The New York company Divine Performing Arts will perform classical Chinese dance and music at 6:30 p.m. next Sunday in the Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St. Tickets cost $28 to $110 at Ticketmaster.

POPULAR MUSIC

• Blues-rock guitarist-singer Joe Bonamassa will perform tonight in the Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St. Doors will open at 7. Tickets cost $23 and $35 at the Newport box office (614-461-5483, www.promowestlive.com) and Ticketmaster.

• Canadian rock singer Sam Roberts, with opening act Mother Mother, will play at 8 p.m. Monday in Skully's Music-Diner, 1151 N. High St. Tickets cost $10 at the club (614-291-8856, www.skullys.org; www.bencopresents.com), $12 the day of the show.

• Former Drive-By Truckers singer-guitarist Jason Isbell will play at 8 p.m. Friday in the Rumba Cafe, 2507 Summit St. Deer Tick will open. Tickets cost $10 at the club (614-268-1841, www.columbusrumbacafe.com) and www.bencopresents.com, $12 the day of the show.

• Country singer Luke Bryan will perform Friday in Screamin' Willie's, 1921 Channingway Center Dr., off Brice Road north of I-70. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20, or $25 the day of the show at Ticketmaster.

• The metal bands Skeletonwitch, Early Man and Red Fang will play Friday in the Ravari Room, 2661 N. High St. ( www.myspace.com/ravariroom). Doors will open at 9 p.m. Admission is $10.

• The Taste of Chaos Tour -- featuring the punk and metal bands Bring Me the Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce the Veil and Cancer Bats -- will arrive next Sunday at the Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets cost $22.50 at the Newport box office (614-461-5483, www.promowestlive.com) and Ticketmaster, $25 the day of the show.

• Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul will perform at 7 p.m. next Sunday in the Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St. Ivers has won nine all-Ireland fiddle championships and done many recordings. Tickets cost $33.50 to $38.50 at Ticketmaster.

THEATER

• The Ohio Historical Society's Echoes in Time Theatre series will present Don't Be Blind, Speak Your Minds! , a 30-minute one-woman show about the history of women's rights, at 7 and 8 p.m. Thursday and Thursdays through March 26 at the Ohio Historical Center, I-71 and E. 17th Avenue. Admission is free with tickets to the center, which cost $4 to $8, or free for members and children younger than 6. Call 614-297-2300 or visit www.ohiohistory.org.

• Little Theatre Off Broadway will present Dearly Departed , David Bottrell and Jesse Jones' comedy about a Southern family, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. next Sunday -- and through March 22 -- at 3981 Broadway, Grove City. Tickets cost $10, or $8 for students and senior citizens. Call 614-875-3919 or visit www.ltob.org.

• The Pleasure Guild of Nationwide Children's Hospital will present Beauty and the Beast at 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. next Sunday in the Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St. Tickets, benefiting hospital programs, cost $20 to $22 at the Ohio Theatre box office (614-469-0939) and Ticketmaster.

• Millersport Community Theatre will present Heritage of American Music -- a revue with singing, dancing, a choir and comedy --at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Millersport Elementary School auditorium, 11850 Lancaster St., Millersport. Tickets cost $9. Reservations are recommended. Call 740-277-6479 or visit www.theatreconnection.com.

• Shadowbox Musicals will present A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at 7 p.m. next Sunday -- and 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sundays (except April 12) through April 26 at Easton Town Center. Tickets cost $30, or $20 for students and senior citizens. Call 614-416-7625 or visit www.shadowboxcabaret.com.

How to reach Ticketmaster: 1-800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com

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